Feature film
Blossoms in Autumn
Cvetje v jeseni
Matjaž Klopčič · 1973
Synopsis
Dr Janez, an ageing lawyer weary of city life, comes to spend some time with relatives on a farm. He falls in love with Meta, the daughter of the house. Back in town, he cannot forget her: he buys an estate near hers and returns to ask for her hand. Barba, Luca Skalar and Boštjan Presečnik pass through their lives. It is the melancholy tale of a late love, in the Slovene countryside.
Context
The screenplay by Mitja Mejak adapts the story Ivan Tavčar published in 1917, an elegiac tale of a pure love. The colour cinematography is by Žaro Tušar, the music by Urban Koder, with a zither; Milena Zupančič and Polde Bibič play the roles of Meta and Janez. The first feature film co-produced by Ljubljana television, it was also, in 2012, the first film with which Slovene television began the digital restoration of its archives.
Who it is for
Nearly two hours of a melodrama in colour, slow and sensitive, which can be followed without knowing the book.
Prizes and reception
At Pula in 1973, Golden Arena for direction and for set design, Silver Arena for Milena Zupančič; Badjura gold plaque the same year.
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